Database Security Market Report 2025 (Global Edition)

Market Dynamics of Database Security Market:

Key Drivers of Database Security Market:

• The Database Security Market is driven by the strict regulatory framework to address information security

Regulatory frameworks can establish standards that developers and users must follow to guarantee a secure database. The market is growing as a result of increasingly stringent regulations enforced globally to protect sensitive data by governments and other relevant authorities in numerous nations. Currently, rules for data localization are in place in most of the countries. These have significant effects on how businesses interact with local regulations as well as their IT footprints, data governance, and data architectures. The general goals of localization regulations are to stop cybercrimes (such as identity theft), boost local economies, and possibly most importantly address growing privacy concerns. The desire of firms to utilize data for their commercial advantage is often the most contentious topic, with different governments arriving at different judgments about how to balance it. Data must be processed and stored within a specific nation or region to comply with geographic constraints on data export. For each of these, businesses must build a unique infrastructure, set of computing resources, and teams. For Instance, two sets of standard contractual agreements were adopted by the European Commission, one was meant for use between controllers and processors, and the other was meant for the transfer of personal data to third parties. They ensure a high level of data privacy for citizens by reflecting new standards under the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and taking the Court of Justice's Schrems II ruling into consideration. These new tools will provide European firms with greater legal stability and aid SMEs in particular to maintain compliance with secure data transfer standards while enabling unrestricted cross-border data movement. (Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_2847) Furthermore, Federal Financial Institutions, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), Examination Council (FFIEC), etc are some strict regulatory measures for protection. So, the database security industry is growing faster and is expected to expand at a faster rate due to these strict regulatory frameworks.

 Key Restraints of Database Security Market

• Lack of skills and technological knowledge in database security market

Inadequate information security may lead to disruptions in socially significant activities, inability to do business appropriately and efficiently, and loss of personal integrity protection. Nevertheless, obstacles including unclear career routes, out-of-date education, expensive certifications, and high levels of job stress deter people from choosing cybersecurity as a vocation. For Instance,  As of May 2023, there were 40,000 cybersecurity job openings in India; however, a significant lack of skilled workers prevented 30% of these positions from being filled, according to TeamLease Digital, a division of TeamLease Services. The need for cybersecurity experts has outpaced supply, making it difficult for many companies to find suitable candidates. Data privacy, cloud security, AI security, and network security are among the cyber security skill sets that are in great demand.

• Increased demand for advanced security solutions can hamper the market.

The database security is an essential component of the IT infrastructure security because it holds precious and sensitive information. This information, gathered about different entities like customers and suppliers, must be confidential and according to the given norms. For instance, companies gather customer data like email address, postal address, contact number, credit card details etc. during product buying. The frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks have grown exponentially in recent times. The hackers are utilizing tools like AI, ML, analytics, etc., to enhance the sophistication of cyberattacks. These sophisticated cyberattacks go unnoticed, and even when they are noticed, such attacks require longer time for remedy. Such sophistication has escalated from unauthorised access to databases to malware attacks leading to loss or corruption of data. Database security threats differ from organization to organization, depending on the nature of information and its significance. The database attacks have evolved over time. Some of the prominent threats seen in the recent past are SQL injection, DoS attacks, and malware attacks. The heightened frequency of cyber-attacks is mounting the demand for end-to-end security solution to safeguard confidential information and data. In such cyberattack situations, an effective database security architecture becomes extremely important in order to keep the database confidentiality intact. The organizations are always monitoring, auditing, reporting, assessing, classifying, and enhancing the database security.
 

Key Opportunity of market.

• An increase in advanced technology for better protection of data can be an opportunity.

Retail, banking, healthcare, and government are just a few of the industries where a strong data security plan could help companies stay compliant and lower their exposure to threats. When data is used by the principles of availability, confidentiality, and integrity, it becomes the most precious resource that aids in decision-making, strategic endeavors execution, and the development of closer relationships between companies and their clients. For Instance, Records from thousands of people assembled and reindexed leaks, breaches, and privately sold databases are part of a supermassive Mother of all Breaches or MOAB. The huge release includes information from multiple earlier breaches, totaling an incredible 12 gigabytes of data covering an incredible 26 billion records. The leak is most likely the biggest to be found to date and includes user data from Tencent, Weibo, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other networks.(Source: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-passwords-credentials-leaked-mother-of-all-breaches/) Hence, the protection of data is of utmost importance in almost all sectors. Hardware-based security, data backup and resilience, data erasure, data masking, encryption, firewalls, and authentication and authorization are examples of data security technologies. It is essential to corporate development, operations, and financing. Companies can better comply with regulatory standards and avoid data breaches and reputational harm by securing their data. Data is locked up by modern encryption methods with a single key, making it only accessible to the key holder. AES-compliant standards are used by many databases to encrypt data. These remedies are the most robust against hardware loss, possibly due to theft. The data is protected even if the encryption key is incorrect. For Instance, An innovative method for protecting personal information for use with generative artificial intelligence has been released, according to security company Baffle. Assuring that their regulated data is compliant and cryptographically safe, Baffle Data Protection for AI interacts with current data pipelines to help businesses expedite generative AI initiatives. According to Baffle, the method encrypts sensitive data using the advanced encryption standard (AES) algorithm so that outside parties cannot view private information in plaintext. (Source: https://baffle.io/news/baffle-releases-encryption-solution-to-secure-data-for-generative-ai/) Hence, technology is playing an important role in reducing data breaches and protecting data, which is eventually increasing the market for database security as many companies require data protection.
 

What was the Impact of COVID-19 on the Database Security Market?

Due to the increase in internet users and remote working demand, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a beneficial effect on the market for data security solutions. Organizations are now more focused on centrally managing a variety of cloud resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Security and risk management experts work to protect their company's data on a grand scale during the pandemic. These businesses made sure the data from their online services and digital platforms was secure from cyberattacks. For Instance, as people were using the online delivery app. The Indian grocery delivery startup, Big Basket, initially stated on November 7, 2020, that there are 20 million users in the database. Big Basket has reported the hackers to the police and acknowledged the incident. However, it has guaranteed that no credit or debit card information was disclosed and that the only information that might have been exposed were phone numbers and addresses. The business released a statement saying, "We are confident that the financial data is secure and we do not store any credit card numbers or other sensitive financial information. The privacy and confidentiality of our customers are our top priorities." (Source:https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/big-basket-data-breach-email-ids-phone-numbers-home-addresses-of-two-crore-indians-allegedly-leaked-on-the-web/articleshow/82255857.cms#:~:text=on%20the%20web-,Big%20Basket%20data%20breach%3A%20email%20IDs%2C%20phone%20numbers%2C%20home,allegedly%20leaked%20on%20the%20web&text=Database%20of%20around%2020%20million,your%20data%20has%20been%20compromised)Database administration,  cybersecurity, and scalability are a few benefits of database security solutions. Hence, The importance of database security solutions has grown as a result of COVID-19. 

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The Global Database Security Market is witnessing significant growth in the near future.

In 2023, the Software segment accounted for noticeable share of global Database Security Market and is projected to experience significant growth in the near future.

The BFSI segment is expected to expand at the significant CAGR retaining position throughout the forecast period.

Some of the key companies Oracle, Trustwave and others are focusing on its strategy building model to strengthen its product portfolio and expand its business in the global market.

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